Men have been both the bane and the salvation of my life. Both the violating abusers and the loving supporters.

I think men were born with more challenges than many women may give them credit for, including sexual, violent and dominator instincts.

That's not to say I accept that the kinds of violent abuses against women that we see both here and abroad are in any way right or 'natural', but that considering both the biological impulses they are born with and the cultural conditions they are also often born within, enlightened, sensitive men are a real treasure.

And considering the contexts from which they often arise, I'm also amazed by the amount of men that I'm able to treasure.